Cliff Richard paid tribute to late singer and television presenter Cilla Black by singing at her funeral service in Liverpool earlier today (August 20).

Black’s funeral was held at St Mary’s Church in Woolton, after she died of a stroke after falling in her Spanish home last month.

Richard, a long-time friend of Black’s, called the former Blind Date host “a woman of commitment and dedication”, adding: “She had the determination and above all she had the gift – she was able to do what she set out to do”.

Cliff Richard opened the service by singing ‘Faithful One’ from his 2004 album ‘Something’s Goin’ On’. Watch below. Black’s coffin left the church to The Beatles‘ ‘The Long And Winding Road’, which the singer herself had previously covered.